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Watch: The inquiry heard last month Boris Johnson believed COVID-19 was 'nature's way of dealing with old people.'
Coronavirus

Sunak said UK govt should 'just let people die' instead of second COVID lockdown, inquiry hears

The UK Prime Minister was finance minister when he reportedly made the comments.
The HDC has found a former Christchurch GP issued COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for supposed medical conditions that sometimes didn't exist.
Coronavirus

Anti-vax doctor issued COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for conditions that didn't exist

A new investigation into Dr Jonie Girouard found she also misrepresented the COVID-19 vaccine to paying patients.
Watch: COVID-19 cases are spiking again.
Coronavirus

Te Whatu Ora urges high-risk people protect themselves as latest COVID-19 wave sweeps NZ

Wastewater results, case counts and deaths suggest we're experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases.

Watch: COVID-19 cases are spiking again.
Coronavirus

Experts recommend people wear masks, celebrate Xmas outdoors amid another COVID-19 wave

"Consider wearing a mask in crowded indoor areas and be kind to people who choose to wear a mask."

Watch: COVID-19 cases are spiking again.
Coronavirus

NZ hit by fifth wave of COVID-19; 'really critical' people get booster jabs - Michael Baker

"We're very much in a peak at the moment."

Watch: Boris Johnson believed COVID-19 was 'nature's way of dealing with old people', inquiry hears.
Coronavirus

Boris Johnson asked whether hairdryer could be used 'to kill COVID', inquiry hears

The inquiry was also told UK's then Prime Minister was "obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life".
Watch: Former UK PM comms chief says Boris Johnson was 'challenging' and 'exhausting' during the pandemic.
Coronavirus

Boris Johnson believed COVID-19 was 'nature's way of dealing with old people', inquiry hears

The UK's then-PM was "obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life", a former chief scientific adviser to the government says.
The female patient was given a document of anti-vaccine misinformation by her doctor.
Coronavirus

'This is scary': Doctor breached HDC code by handing false anti-vax information to patient

The woman who had COVID-19 was instructed to refer to the inaccurate guidelines.

Watch: Scientists whose work enabled the mRNA COVID vaccine have won the 2023 medicine Nobel prize.
Coronavirus

Nobel Prize for medicine goes to two scientists for 'groundbreaking work' on mRNA COVID vaccines

"The laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times."